Archived: Insiders Thread

[Chris Beveridge]

Originally Posted by cjamescook

Sorry for being off-topic, but have you thought about wireless headphones?

I'd rather not sit there with my wife and each of us have headphones on. More to the point, it makes it impossible to listen out for the kids should they have a problem.

[Josh]

Originally Posted by blobbb

paidgeek: I just saw that "The Lives of Others" will be released in the US next week. Being German i would love to buy that movie, but since i own a european player could you check if the disc has region A only or A,B,C?

Thanks

Here are the regions for Sony's August titles:

Are We Done Yet?: A
Arlington Road: ABC
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within: ABC
Immortal Beloved: ABC
The Lives of Others: A
Perfect Stranger: A
Vacancy: A

[goodstuff]

^So it certainly is true that catalog titles are region free.

[kjack]

Blu-ray players outpacing supply

Retailers report sales gap closing between two formats

Some consumer electronics retailers see the sales gap closing between set-top HD DVD players and Blu-ray Disc players as the two formats have come closer in price.

At Ultimate Electronics and Abt Electronics, Toshiba’s second-generation players are still the best-selling individual models, but collectively, Blu-ray players have been outselling HD DVD Toshiba models in recent weeks....

http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6467868.html

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by kjack

Blu-ray players outpacing supply

Re. "Blu-ray sales might even be performing better, if not for currently limited supplies of some of the format’s relatively inexpensive offerings"

We got our best man on it.
And this time we’re keeping him away from the skirts and fire hydrants !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjarL...elated&search=

[Esox50]

Originally Posted by kjack

Blu-ray players outpacing supply

Retailers report sales gap closing between two formats

Some consumer electronics retailers see the sales gap closing between set-top HD DVD players and Blu-ray Disc players as the two formats have come closer in price.

At Ultimate Electronics and Abt Electronics, Toshiba’s second-generation players are still the best-selling individual models, but collectively, Blu-ray players have been outselling HD DVD Toshiba models in recent weeks....

http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6467868.html

This has already been discussed and noted. What I haven't seen though is anyone giving YOU credit for predicting this here on this very forum about 2-3 weeks ago.

Any other "predictions" you can share?

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Esox50

This has already been discussed and noted. What I haven't seen though is anyone giving YOU credit for predicting this here on this very forum about 2-3 weeks ago.

If you're referring to this post............
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...346#post154346

I gave Keith credit (indirectly) on AVS.
Doesn't that count ?

[Esox50]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

If you're referring to this post............
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...346#post154346

I gave Keith credit (indirectly) on AVS.
Doesn't that count ?

Hahaha, that's the post Penton!!! But I don't spend much time over at AVMS anymore, so I'm not sure if I didn't see your post or if it was my faulty memory due to old age.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by Esox50

Hahaha, that's the post Penton!!! But I don't spend much time over at AVMS anymore, so I'm not sure if I didn't see your post or if it was my faulty memory due to old age.

You’re too kind.
I get the impression that the above is a diplomatic way of saying……”No, that doesn’t count.”

I actually posted it in the “militarized zone” where one must wear a flak jak and carry nothing less than a fully automatic weapon to survive. Only did, because I scanned the top and found a thread started by trbarry, who seems to be a nice fellow always searching for the truth.

[scott1256ca]

Originally Posted by scott1256ca

question for kjack:

Or anyone else who knows.

Do the newer SoC IC's have built in support for Java, or will that have to be done by an external CPU? Same question but for iHD?

When I say Java, I guess I mean all the features of profile 1.1, right up to and including a secondary HD stream decoder for pip. What about for profile 2.0?

Thanks

Keith, did you see this? I haven't seen a reply yet, but maybe I'm missing it.

[Esox50]

Originally Posted by Penton-Man

You’re too kind.
I get the impression that the above is a diplomatic way of saying……”No, that doesn’t count.”

LOL. You da man...but, yes, you got it right!!!

[kjack]

Originally Posted by Esox50

This has already been discussed and noted.

Still haven't found the thread... It lasted as news on AVS for about 60 seconds...and if that isn't news, I don't know what is...

[kjack]

Originally Posted by scott1256ca

Keith, did you see this? I haven't seen a reply yet, but maybe I'm missing it.

No external CPU needed to run Java. Software optimizations are also on-going to speed things up, including disc loading times.

[Penton-Man]

Originally Posted by kjack

Still haven't found the thread... It lasted as news on AVS for about 60 seconds...and if that isn't news, I don't know what is...

I gave it a push on the “Uni” thread, maybe it will gain some traction there.

[scott1256ca]

Thank you Keith. Does the same hold true for HDi?

[paidgeek]

Originally Posted by The Big Blue

In case you missed it.

I have confirmation today that the booklet will also be included in the Blu-ray release.

[tvted]

Originally Posted by kjack

Still haven't found the thread... It lasted as news on AVS for about 60 seconds...and if that isn't news, I don't know what is...

So, it wasn't you who deleted it? Man that sucks! I keep to mostly the pj/htpc forums - I keep hoping there will be change.

It has been reposted http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...&#post11307399 by sstephen.

ted

[Esox50]

Originally Posted by tvted

I keep hoping there will be change.

And I too keep hoping that one day A-man will stop posting and being protected at AVMS.

[Anthony P]

Still haven't found the thread... It lasted as news on AVS for about 60 seconds...and if that isn't news, I don't know what is...

come on Keith, how can it be news, there is nothing in it that can be spinned into HD DVD is doing extremely well and will win the war, so it is insulting and must be deleted.

[Anthony P]

And I too keep hoping that one day A-man will stop posting and being protected at AVMS

if it ever becomes a site for intelligent people to have intelligent discussion again let me know. I could not take seeing it go down hill faster and faster any more.